Railroad-tie.



J. BOOTH. RAILROAD TIB.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. 1911.

1,017,947. Patented Feb. 2o, 1912.

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JACOB rooien, or REYNoLDsvILLE, PENNSYIAIIANIA.A

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

` ratentedreb. 20,1912. i i

Application'led March 3:1911. Serial No.- 612,014."

-To all/whom# may concern: Be 'it known kthat I,vv JACOB zen of theUnited States, residing at ReynoldsvilIe', in the countyxof Jeffersonand ,Sta't'e of Pennsylvania, have invented 'eertain'new 'and-usefulImprovements in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a speci-'ficatio'n. l vll/Iy' ?inv'ention relates to new and useful jgimprovements' in railroad ties and more particularly to a compositiontie having rei inforcing elements, to prevent the same from 'breakingunder. the weight ofzthe tramsx passing 'thereoveizV '15 -An object ofthe invention'is'to provide a' composition tie for the above purpose andto' reinforce the same by a novel means to' A be hereinafter more fullydescribed, which will absolutely prevent breaking or crumgoiblin`of'theties and which will also render the ties. sufficiently resilient,so that sufficient 'compression will be given under the action of thetrains so as to render the travel there of practically noiseless.

sivev to construct and also one which will notbe likely to 'getout ofworking order.

With these and ,various other objects in view, my invention has relationto certain novel features of construction and operation, an example of.which is described in the following specification, and illustrated 40in the 'accompanying' drawings; wherein:

- 'Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view offa railroad tieconstructed in accordance with-.my invention, -and also showing the railand securing means in section; Fig. 24

is a transverse sectional view of the tie taken on the line 2-2 of Fig.1, and looking in the. direction indicated by the' arrows;

' al view similar to Fig. lof a slightly modified construction, aportion of the tie being..

,broken'faway Fig. 4 is aview similar to Fig. 2, 'but taken on the line4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is another view similar to Fig. 1,

' showing a modified reinforcing construction and also showingtiesecuri'ng means for the 55 rails. Fig. is a'sectional vienY on theline 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 'is a 'longitudinal sec- A further object ofthe invention is t Fig. 3'

shown in Figs. 3 and 7.' Fig. 9 is a sectional 60' view'of a case for'the securing members. Fig. l0 is a similar view of another form ofcasing. f Referring now more particularly to the drawing, wherein likereference characters vdesignate similar parts throughout the severalfigures, 1 designates@ composition tie constructed ofsuitablecompbs'ition material, preferably of cement, "sandand bluestoneor the like, said ingredients .being intermixed thoroughlyand adaptedtof be molded when in a green state. z -In 'order -to form a reinforcingAelement forthe tie, I provide'a series of nlongitudinal strips of wood2, said strips being preferably arf 7`5 ranged'in pairs as shown 1nFigsnband 2 of the drawing and being spaced 'apart ver# tically bysimilarly arranged transverse strips 3, which are also,'locatedequidistant apart throughout the lengthof the tie. and adapted tosupport the strips 2 in s aced relation. These stripsv are' preferablywell 'covered with asphalt pitch and then sanded 'to preserve the woodvand are adapted to 'be `securedN together in respective pairs by meansof nails' or thelike 4, and'also bolted togetheror otherwise Asecuredtogether as shownat 5, .beforethe material is molded therearound.-Inorder to' further assist in strengthening the tie at each end, Iprovide a series of short lengths 6 of barbed wire, which are-arrangedover. and prefer. 'ably secured to the ends of each of the longitudina'lstrips 2, and adapted to permita sufficient cushion .action when the tieis adjusting itselfto the lay of 'the ground or t0 prevent the endsthereof from being broken. -Arran'ged longitudinally of -the tie beneaththe aforesaid reinforcingI strips, is a pair or series of the rods` 7,which at each ed have plates 8,' secured thereto and` which extend in avertical'lposition to' engage the lowermost of the longitudinafstrips 2,and thus assist in supporting xthe-,ends thereof and` further reinforcethe tie. These'plates 8 are securedhupon he'rods 7 by means of `nutsor'the like 9, and said rods are also molded in po'sition in'a similarmanner as the reinforcing strips heretofore d'escribed. The securingmea-ns for the rails 10 comprises a tread plate 11', having its endportions turned downwardly as shown at ,12

into 'the cement tie so as to retain the plate positively. againstmovement longitudinally and the side portions of the plates are directeddownwardly as shown at 13, against 4and also to protect the securingmeans from the weather.

The rail is also supported upon a cushion tread 1.4, which is disposedintermediate the rail and the tread plate 11 and is formed of asbestos,saturated with bituminous pitch toform a further resilient supportto'break the solidity of-t-h'e tie arid thus preventing injurythercto.ln order to secure the outer flange of the rail, a plate 15, is boltedor otherwise secured to the tread plate 1 1 or said plate may be formedby bending the tread plate upon itself as shown .at 16 in Fig. 7, of thedrawing, or casting the same in any desired manner and said -plate insuch instancehaving a flanged portion Y17 to engage the rail and havingan opening therethrough to receive the casing 18, which is also embeddedin the tie. In practice. two of the casings 18 are provided foreach railand are retained within the tie y by means of a'bottom flangedportion 19and tapered side wall 20 sothat the casing is smallest at its receivingend. A wedge 21 is first positioned within each of the easings with itsinclined face disposed'in engageinent with the wall 2 0 and its flangedheaded .portion 22 engaging the plate 15-and to retain the wedge. withinthe casing a spike 23 is driven intothe casing behind the wel (re totightly clamp the same. The rear 'wall of the casing is extendedvertically as shown at 24 and the wedge and extension are provided withsenil-circular recesses 25 adapted to actI in connection withsiniilai"rccesses in the spike for receiving the lock key 26 so as topreventI accidental 4withdrai'wil of the securing means. The innerflange -of the rail is secured by a similarly formed inner end of astrip 27 which extends across the central portion of the t'ie toreinforce` the same and to provide a similar securing means for theinnerflange of the rail. The plate 15 may "also be formed in mannershown in Fig. 8

pf the drawing. )v hereiii a rectangular .plate is provided wlthfa.shoulder 28"formed upon the four sides thereof by reducing the thicknessofthe plate at the edges and an opening 29 in the form o a cross isprovided for receiving the securing members so that the plate may bereversed in position should thesame become loose in wear, thus renderingthe fastening means capable of being further rigidly secured whendesired.

.In the reinforcing means disclosed in Figs. Y -3 and 4 of the drawing aseries of metallic tubes or pipes 30 are provided longitudi nal ly ofthe tie beneath the eas-ings 18, below which are disposed similar pipes31,; all ot' which'- are filled with plastic mat rial each other for use`in place of the rods 7, .if

desired.

In the structure shown in of the drawing, the reinforcing strip 2 and 3are arranged singly but with the'longitu'? dinal strips 2 uppermost andlowermost and Joined in a similar manner as h'eretofdre described 'andlreinforced by short sections4 of barbed wire which have also beendescribed. In sccuring'the'railsin'positiom I employ a casing 34 of theform shown in Fig. 10 and which is similar to the' casing employed inthe other securingymea-ns eX.-.

cepttliat the extension 24is unnecessary and said casings'are securedwithin y'the tie and formed with openings therebeneath so as to permitwater to drain through. the cas'- ings and thereby retainsaid part-sperfect-ly dry and in lieu of the plate 15 a reinforcing strip 3G issecured to 'the tread rplate 11 to abut the spike 23and the wedge 22engages the flange of the rail to securely hold the saine upon the ties.The strips 36 may'also have raised projections 37 cast therewith t-ofurther engage the llanges ofthe rails upon either side of the Awedgesand thus' retain the rails from movement upon the/tie. In securing therails to the ties upon said strips or rods, I may also employ a securingmeans for a tie reinforced as above described Iand as shown in Fig. 7 ofthe drawings, wherein the flanged portions 16 are formed integral withthe base or tread plate 11 and a further flanged plate 3S engages theflanges of the rail and is secured in position by means of bolts 39which are embedded with their securing bui-s 4.0 `within the tie andtheir heads 4l resting upon the plates 88', said bolts having aslightmovement within the opening 42 in said parts 16 and 3 8 andadapted- .to -be retained in position by a-simple wedge pin 4? so as toprevent the bolt from turning or getting loose.

A tie constructed in accordance with the vfore 1;oing descriptionisyextremely rigid and dui able but by the provision of the resilienttread surface, sufficient cushion 'is given to the rail to break vthesolidity of .tli et ie duel to the jar and weight ofthe trains passuigtliereovcr.

Having thusdescribe'd my invention, what lclaim is:

The combination v tudinal reinforcing elements; -of plates mounted onand embedded in the tie and yhaving flanged ends extended inwardly railsmounted on the plates, rectangular with a tie having longir' :l2 plateshaving surrounding flanges and a 13o cross shaped opening centrallytherethrough,

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses, this Qncl of 10 February 1911.

JACOB BOOTH.

lVitnesses 1 SMITH M. MCCREIGHT, PERRY B. LOVE.

